Craving a warm and flavorful soup to cozy up with on a chilly evening? Look no further than tomato fennel soup with garlic croutons. This classic comfort food is bursting with savory flavors and a touch of sweetness from ripe tomatoes, aromatic fennel, and a hint of garlic. Whether you're a seasoned cook or just starting out, this easy-to-follow recipe will guide you through every step of creating a delightful bowl of tomato fennel soup, perfectly complemented by crispy garlic croutons for an extra crunch.
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ROASTED TOMATO AND FENNEL SOUP
Roasted tomato and fennel soup is a very hands-off as most of the magic happens in the oven. It's naturally vegan and gluten-free although benefits from a mountain of homemade croutons.
Provided by Ania
Categories salads and soups small plates
Yield serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Heat up the oven to 200° C / 390° F and grab a large baking dish or tray. Use a larger tray (ignore the first photo - I used it as it looked nice) and ensure there is a bit of space around each piece of fennel to get more caramelisation.
- Coat (or brush if wanting to use less oil) fennel, onion, cherry tomatoes and garlic cloves in olive oil and drizzle the onions in balsamic vinegar. Scatter with thyme leaves, sprinkle with salt, pepper, smoked paprika, cumin and chilli if using.
- Roast for about 25-30 minutes (flipping onto the other side half way through) until fennel is soft and caramelised on both sides.
- While the veggies are roasting, place squashed canned tomatoes and 1 cup of stock in a large pot. Allow it to come to boil and simmer, covered until tomatoes fall apart.
- Transfer all the roasted veggies (deglaze the pan with hot water and add that too) to a blender with some stock, simmered tinned tomatoes and a jarred pepper (if using). Blend until smooth.
- Transfer to back to the pot you used to cook canned tomatoes, warm up and season to taste, with more salt, pepper, balsamic or sweetener if needed. Dilute with a bit more stock if needed.
- Serve with swirl of cashew cream on top and homemade croutons or spiced chickpeas for more substance .
- Cut the bread into an even dice. I went for small 0.5 cm / 0.2" cubes.
- If your bread is fresh, like mine was, toast it on a dry stainless steel pan first until dry and barely toasted. Otherwise the croutons will be greasy.
- Once the cubes of bread are dry, remove them from the pan and wipe the pan with a clean kitchen towel.
- Return the pan to the stove and heat up the oil slowly. Once the oil gets hot, throw the bread cubes in and immediately coat them in the hot oil.
- Allow the bread to toast slowly in the pan, tossing it around from time to time. Season with a good pinch of salt and set aside for the soup.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 223.08 calories, Carbohydrate 25.72 grams, Cholesterol 0 milligrams, Fat 11.79 grams, Fiber 5.42 grams, Protein 4.61 grams, SaturatedFat 1.72 grams, Sodium 1174.96 milligrams, Sugar 12.76 grams, TransFat 0.01 grams, UnsaturatedFat 10.07 grams
TOMATO FENNEL SOUP
This is an excellent, quick-cooking, tomato soup perfect for the early days of fall!
Provided by Trisha Benson
Categories Soups, Stews and Chili Recipes Soup Recipes Vegetable Soup Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook and stir fennel, onion, celery, and garlic in the hot oil until tender, about 10 minutes.
- Pour tomatoes and chicken broth over vegetable mixture and simmer for 4 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and add basil and parsley. Cool soup slightly.
- Pour soup into a blender no more than half-full. Cover and hold lid down; pulse a few times before leaving on to blend. Puree in batches until smooth.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 114.8 calories, Carbohydrate 10.1 g, Cholesterol 1 mg, Fat 7 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 2.8 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 275.5 mg, Sugar 3.8 g
CREOLE TOMATO AND FENNEL SOUP
Provided by Food Network
Yield Makes 4 quarts, enough for 16
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Combine the roughly chopped tomatoes, fennel stems, roughly chopped onion, and minced garlic in a large pot over high heat, season with salt and pepper, and cover. The liquid released from the vegetables as they are heated makes oil unnecessary. Keep an eye on them as they cook for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
- Add the chicken stock and simmer for about 15 minutes. Puree with a hand-held blender or in a blender or food processor for about 30 seconds. Add the basil and process until the mixture is smooth but still a bit thick. Strain through a medium sieve, pushing through excess pulp but discarding large pieces of tomato skin.
- Place the diced tomato, fennel bulb, diced onion, and sliced garlic in a large soup pot and cook over medium high heat, stirring occasionally, for about 10 to 12 minutes, or until vegetables are tender. Add the strained liquid, bring to a simmer, and adjust the salt and pepper.
TOMATO FENNEL SOUP WITH GARLIC CROUTONS
A delicious soup for the early fall, made with late harvest tomatoes and the first fennel of the season. The acidity of the tomatoes witll retard the cooking of the vegetables, so be sure they are very tender before adding them. Include the fennel trimmings in the stock, they'll enrich the flavor. Adapted from the Fields of Greens restaurant in San Fransisco.
Provided by Sharon123
Categories < 4 Hours
Time 1h5m
Yield 8 cups
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Add the 2 cups canned tomatoes and 1/2 teaspoons fennel seed to the vegetable stock and keep warm over low heat.
- Heat the olive oil in a soup pot and add the onions, 1/4 teaspoons salt, anise and the ground fennel. Saute over medium heat until the onions are soft, then add the garlic, carrots, and sliced fennel. Cover the pan and cook the vegetables until very tender, about 5 minutes.
- Remove the lid, add the sherry and cook for 1-2 more minutes, until the pan is nearly dry.
- Add the tomato puree, 1 quart stock, and 1/4 teaspoons salt; cover and cook over low heat for 30 minutes.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a few pinches of sugar if the soup tastes a little acidic.
- Serve with Garlic Croutons;.
- Garlic Croutons:.
- Preheat the oven to 375*F.
- Combine the olive oil and garlci. Lay the slices of baguette on a baking sheet and brush them lightly with the garlic oil.
- Bake for about 8 minutes, until the croutons are crisp and lightly browned.
TOMATO AND FENNEL SOUP
Provided by Food Network
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- In a large pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the fennel and cook, stirring, until it starts to soften, about 5 minutes. Add the celery, onion, and garlic. Cook, stirring, 5 minutes longer to allow the flavors to blend together. Carefully add the Pernod. (Caution! It could flame up.) Add the dill, celery seeds, and pepper. Add the vegetable stock and tomatoes, and bring the mixture to a boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and let simmer for 40 minutes.
- Remove the pot from the heat. Process the soup, in batches, in a blender or food processor fitted with the metal chopping blade until smooth. Add the butter, if desired, and stir until melted. Taste and check the seasoning, adding salt if needed.
TOMATO-FENNEL SOUP WITH BRIE TOASTS
The childhood pleasure of tomato soup with a side of grilled cheese had been enshrined in my mind since I'd last had it, decades ago. A tart, bright tomato soup and a crispy sandwich with an oozing interior: no wonder they are an iconic match. This recipe, spiked with fennel and Pernod, is livelier and more sophisticated than your usual tomato soup. It has a more complex flavor, too, with the fennel bulb adding a pronounced sweetness, along with a very gentle licorice flavor brought out by the Pernod. Serve with slim croutons seasoned with fennel seeds and topped with Brie. (Here's a helpful tutorial on how to cut up fennel.)
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, soups and stews, main course
Time 1h30m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Melt 6 tablespoons butter in a large pot over medium heat. Add fennel, onion and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Toss to combine. Reduce heat to medium-low. Partly cover and cook, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are very tender, about 20 minutes. Stir in garlic and chile powder; cook 1 minute. Stir in Pernod and cook until almost completely evaporated, about 3 minutes.
- Pour in tomatoes, 1 1/2 cups water and the stock. Bring to a simmer and cook gently, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Season with 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and the black pepper. Purée soup in batches using a blender or immersion blender until smooth.
- Transfer soup back to pot over medium heat; simmer until slightly thickened, 5 to 10 minutes more. Scrape down sides and bottom of pot occasionally. Remove from heat and cover to keep warm.
- Heat oven to 350 degrees. Spread bread slices on a large baking sheet. Bake until light golden, about 10 minutes.
- Toast fennel seeds in a small skillet over medium heat until fragrant and lightly colored, 2 to 3 minutes. Melt in remaining 1 tablespoon butter.
- Adjust oven temperature to broil and position rack 6 inches from heat. Brush toasts with fennel-seed butter and top with Brie. Return to oven and broil until bubbly and golden, 1 to 3 minutes (check every minute or so to see that they are not burning). Ladle soup into bowls and top with a cheese crouton. Garnish with fennel fronds.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 309, UnsaturatedFat 6 grams, Carbohydrate 26 grams, Fat 19 grams, Fiber 7 grams, Protein 9 grams, SaturatedFat 11 grams, Sodium 898 milligrams, Sugar 12 grams, TransFat 1 gram
TOMATO-FENNEL SOUP WITH GREMOLATA
Steps:
- For soup:
- Heat oil in heavy large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chopped fennel bulb; sauté until tender but not brown, about 6 minutes. Add drained tomatoes; sauté 5 minutes. Add reserved tomato juices, stock and lemon juice. Cover; simmer 15 minutes. Puree soup in blender in batches until smooth. Return to pan. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
- For Gremolata:
- Mix all ingredients in small bowl.
- Bring soup to simmer. Ladle into bowls. Stir spoonful of gremolata into each bowl and serve.
TOMATO-FENNEL SOUP
The sweet, subtle flavor of fennel brings a new sophistication to homemade tomato soup.
Provided by By Betty Crocker Kitchens
Categories Lunch
Time 40m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In 4-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Cook fennel, onion and garlic in oil about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender. Stir in tomatoes, broth, salt and pepper, breaking up tomatoes with spoon. Heat to boiling.
- Reduce heat. Cover; simmer 20 to 25 minutes or until vegetables are soft.
- Carefully pour half of the mixture into blender. Cover; blend on high speed about 30 seconds or until smooth. Return to saucepan. Repeat with remaining mixture. Keep warm over low heat until serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 80, Carbohydrate 12 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fat 1/2, Fiber 3 g, Protein 3 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, Sodium 440 mg, Sugar 5 g, TransFat 0 g
LEMON FENNEL SOUP WITH GARLIC CROUTONS
This fennel soup has a mild licorice flavour combined with a faint lemony-tang. This soup is great for dinner when served with Peasants' Tomato Pie #176163. Source: Pete's Frootique in Halifax NS.
Provided by Elly in Canada
Categories Vegetable
Time 1h
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Melt half the butter in a saucepan and sauté the shallots until translucent.
- Add the fennel.
- Season with salt and pepper to your taste. Cover the pan and sweat the fennel for 10 minutes, until softened.
- Add the stock and bring to a boil.
- Simmer for 20 minutes.
- Remove from heat and carefully puree the soup in a food processor or with a hand-held blender.
- Return to the saucepan, and thin with milk to the desired consistency, I use about 1 1/2 cups, use more if you like it thinner. Heat through.
- Meanwhile, cut the bread into 1/2 inch cubes.
- Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan, and sauté the bread cubes with the garlic and lemon zest, until golden and toasted.
- Remove the soup from the heat.
- Stir in the lemon juice, and adjust the seasoning, if necessary.
- Divide the soup between individual bowls.
- Garnish with the croutons and chopped parsley.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 217.3, Fat 10.9, SaturatedFat 6.5, Cholesterol 32.4, Sodium 255.3, Carbohydrate 25.2, Fiber 4.4, Sugar 0.8, Protein 7.1
COLD TOMATO-THYME SOUP WITH GRILLED GARLIC CROUTONS
Categories Soup/Stew Garlic Herb Onion Tomato Freeze/Chill Summer Chill Bon Appétit
Yield Makes 6 Servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Heat 4 tablespoons oil in heavy large pot over medium heat. Add onions, carrots, finely chopped garlic and bay leaf. Cover; cook until carrots are tender, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Add tomatoes. Cover; cook until tomatoes release juices, about 10 minutes. Uncover; cook until juices evaporate, stirring often, about 20 minutes. Add broth and chopped thyme. Partially cover pot and simmer until mixture is reduced to 6 cups, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes longer.
- Cool soup slightly. Discard bay leaf. Puree half of soup in blender. Stir into soup in pot. Season with salt and pepper. Chill uncovered until cold, then cover. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep chilled.)
- Prepare barbecue (medium heat). Place smoke chips in 8x6-inch foil packet with open top. Set packet atop coals about 5 minutes before grilling. Brush 1 tablespoon oil over both sides of bread slices. Grill bread until lightly browned, about 2 minutes per side. Rub garlic clove halves over bread. Cut bread into 3/4-inch cubes.
- Divide cold soup among bowls. Top with croutons. Garnish with thyme.
FENNEL, GARLIC AND POTATO SOUP
This anise-scented soup is reminiscent of the classic potato and leek soup known as vichyssoise, but it's lighter and contains no dairy. It's good hot or cold.
Provided by Martha Rose Shulman
Categories soups and stews, appetizer, side dish
Time 1h10m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Heat the olive oil in a large, heavy soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat and add the onion, celery, chopped fennel and a generous pinch of salt. Cook gently for about 5 to 8 minutes, until the vegetables have softened and lost some of their volume. Add the potatoes, garlic, bouquet garni and the water or stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, add salt to taste, cover and simmer 45 minutes.
- Remove the bouquet garni. Blend the soup until smooth with an immersion blender, or ladle into a blender, working in 1 1/2-cup batches. Remove the center from the blender cover, place a towel over the cover and pull it down tightly to prevent splashing. Blend and return to the pot. Heat through, add salt and pepper to taste and serve, or chill and serve cold, with your choice of garnishes.
TOMATO SOUP WITH GRILLED CHEESE CROUTONS RECIPE BY TASTY
Name a better pair than tomato soup and grilled cheese-while we wait, we'll dig into this creamy soup and crouton combo. Rather than serving the grilled cheese as whole sandwiches, we cube ours into croutons and serve directly on top of the soup for crunchy, cheesy goodness in every bite.
Provided by Tasty
Categories Dinner
Time 45m
Yield 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Make the soup: In a large pot or Dutch oven, melt the olive oil and butter together over medium-high heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring often, until softened and golden, about 7 minutes. Add the garlic and cook, stirring constantly, until aromatic, about 1 minute.
- Add the salt, pepper, thyme, red pepper flakes, sugar, tomatoes and their juices, vegetable stock, and basil. Bring to a boil, using a wooden spoon to break up the tomatoes. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove the basil sprig, then use an immersion blender to blend the soup until smooth. Alternatively, ladle the soup into a standing blender, working in batches, and blend until smooth.
- Add the heavy cream to the soup, cover, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, until warmed through.
- Make the croutons: On a cutting board, butter both sides of each slice of bread. Lay the cheese on 2 of the bread slices. Top with the other slices of bread, creating a sandwich.
- Heat a large pan over medium-low heat. Once the pan is warm, add the sandwiches and cook until golden brown on the underside, 2-3 minutes. Flip the sandwiches over and continue cooking until the other side golden brown and cheese is melted, about 2 minutes.
- Transfer the grilled cheese sandwiches to a cutting board and cut into 1-inch croutons.
- Serve the tomato soup topped with the grilled cheese croutons.
- Enjoy!
Tips:
- Use ripe tomatoes: The riper the tomatoes, the sweeter and more flavorful your soup will be.
- Roast the tomatoes: Roasting the tomatoes intensifies their flavor and gives the soup a slightly smoky taste.
- Use a good quality fennel: The fennel should be fresh and have a sweet, anise-like flavor.
- Don't overcrowd the pan: When roasting the tomatoes and fennel, make sure to spread them out in a single layer so that they roast evenly.
- Season the soup to taste: Add salt, pepper, and other seasonings to taste until the soup is perfectly seasoned.
- Serve the soup with a variety of toppings: Some popular toppings for tomato fennel soup include croutons, grated Parmesan cheese, and fresh herbs.
Conclusion:
Tomato fennel soup is a delicious and easy-to-make soup that is perfect for a quick and healthy meal. The soup is packed with flavor and nutrients, and it can be easily customized to your liking. Whether you like it smooth or chunky, spicy or mild, this soup is sure to please everyone at the table. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy soup recipe, give tomato fennel soup a try.
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